City of Ember
City of Ember is a 2008 American science fantasy adventure film based on the 2003 novel The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau. Directed by Gil Kenan in his live-action directorial debut, the film stars Saoirse Ronan, Harry Treadaway, Bill Murray, Mackenzie Crook, Martin Landau, Mary Kay Place, Toby Jones and Tim Robbins.
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| Directed by | Gil Kenan |
| Written by | Caroline Thompson |
| Based on | The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau |
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| Cinematography | Xavier Pérez Grobet |
| Edited by | Adam P. Scott Zach Staenberg |
| Music by | Andrew Lockington |
Production companies | Walden Media Playtone |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox (United States) Summit Entertainment (International) |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $55 million |
| Box office | $17.9 million |
Produced by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman's Playtone and Walden Media, City of Ember was theatrically released on October 10, 2008, by 20th Century Fox under the "Fox-Walden" joint-venture, two months after the release of the final book in the series, The Diamond of Darkhold. The film received mixed reviews from critics and was a box office bomb, grossing only $17.9 million against a budget of $55 million.
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